MY IMORTAL FAMILY

25

Dana is back at home with Casey. They have the house to themselves for the day at this point. It is something they haven’t experienced since the birth of Roman. “ so what do you suggest we do” asks Dana “ I don’t know, its been a while since it was just us two” replies Casey “ yeah it has been a while. Life has been coming at us fast quite recently” replies Dana “ I know it’s like ever since you got your PHD and my investement firm taking off we have been going at a hundred kilometres an hour” says Casey “ okay let’s agree to do this then. Let’s switch off our phones for an hour and just focus on us. What do you say” asks Dana “ I like that you said an hour” says Casey “ well cant say for the day because we are actually important people now” replies Dana “ yeah we are” says Casey. Dana takes his phone out and he switches it off and Casey does the same and she says “ well we are officially of the grid. Well not off the grid but just unreacheable for the next hour or so” “ yes that we are” says Dana as he moves in to kiss his wife, she kisses him back and she giggles. “ what’s funny” asks Dana “  this reminds of the old days when we were younger. You were a fresh graduate and I was still an under grad we had gotten a little apartment” says Casey “ ah yes the times when no one knew who we were and no kids to worry about” replies Dana “ yes good times. I remember how we used to cook take turns cooking dinner and how most days we were so tired we would eat from the pot right in the kitchen” says Casey. Dana smiles and says “ yeah, I was still new at that little audit firm and you were starting your second year. Those meals in the kitchen banged a lot” replied Dana “ yeah. Who would have thought that this would be our lives” says Casey “ I don’t know I think we did well for ourselves” replies Dana “ I know but when we were younger it was just us, all I ever worried about was class and what wine I was going to drink when I got home” says Casey “ yeah we didn’t have a ton of responsibilities but we also didn’t have that much money either” replies Dana. He then stands up and goes to the kitchen and comes with a bottle of wine and two glasses. He pours both glasses and says “ so what movie do you want to watch” “ I don’t know surprise me” replies Casey “ I how about my brother’s keeper” suggests Dana “ no I don’t want to cry” replies Casey “ I forgot that you like bawl your eyes out. Okay I will just choose randomly. At this point I don’t mind anything as long as it isn’t whisker patrol” says Dana. Casey giggles before she says “ I cant get that song out of my mind”.

Brock and Ray are still in the simulator training. Ray has changed the simulator to resemble what looks like a city in the stone age. He then looks at Brock and says “ I want you to use wind to level everything in sight”. Brock then takes a deep breath and glances at his grandfather who says “ give it everything like you did the last time” and Brock claps his hands together a few times. The shockwave from the claps is so strong that it starts a huge wind wave but it hasn’t knocked the stone buildings and Brock claps harder and faster and the force he generates this time around produces strong gale winds. In a matter of seconds the stone buildings begin to collapse. Brock is a bit winded from his exertions. Ray notices this and gives his grandson a few moments to catch his breath before he puts his hand on his shoulder and says “ I am going to change the environment” as he pulls his smartphone out and changes the landscape to one where they are in a burning forest near a large lake. The sight of the burning forest however brings back images of the forest that Brock burnt when he was sleepwalking. “ I want you to turn that fire off by using water” says Ray. Brock looks at the fire and glances over and looks at the lake behind him. He tries to remember what happened at the pool area at school. He then moves closer to the lake and moves his hands back and forth. Then a small portion of the water from the lake stands up and splashes on to the fire, however the amount Brock used is far too small to do anything to the forest fire. “ you are going to have to do better than that to tame that fire kid” Ray. Brock then takes a few deep breaths and counts to three. He then steps forward with his left foot. And strikes with his left hand, this cause a huge amount of water to leap into the forest fire almost extinguishing the fire. He then steps forward with his right foot and stomps on the ground. This ground stomp causes a slight tremor in the ground and a huge wave from the lake emerges and lands on the forest fire completely extinguishing the fire all together. Brock looks over at his grandfather who says “ let’s go home, we have been at this for hours”. They both walk out of the simulator and Ray turns it off. Ray then leads Brock to a wall and he pushes a brick. This causes another pathway to open up and they walk through it. “ I am sure you are tired kid” says Ray “ not really” replies Brock. They walk to the car and drive back home.

Cathy and Roman are also still in the simulator busy training. Cathy turns the simulator into what looks like a huge city. The city almost resembles New York and Cathy says “ listen Roman, you have watched me use all elements to level cities and make things happen. I want you to do the same” “ okay granny” says Roman. He steps forward and looks at his grandmother “ don’t worry baby. Remember its not real people or homes. You aren’t hurting anyone” she says . Roman steps forward again and he jumps on the ground. This causes a slight tremor but does no damage. He then moves his arms up and down and again there is a slight tremor. But this tremor causes the windows of the buildings to break. “ that’s good baby, now can you give me something stronger, we need the buildings to fall” says Cathy. Roman then jumps up and down and proceeds to wave his arms at the same time and this causes the ground to shake violenty. The earthquake created by Roman levels all the bulidings reducing them to rubble and dust. Cathy claps her hands and says “ wonderful, now we will do one last simulation exercise before we leave okay” “ okay granny” replies Roman. She changes the simulation to a forest before she changes it again to a jungle in the wild. “ no this wont do” she says as she changes the simulation one more time. this time around she chooses a simulation that takes them to the prehistoric times. “ yes” she says in approval of the simulation chosen. “ okay baby. This is a time where the people here did not know what fire was. They ate their food uncooked. I want you to create fire for them. Can you do that” asks Cathy “ yes I can” replies Roman. Roman then steps forward and looks at the cave men going about their business. He then looks around and he rubs his hands together. He continues rubbing his hands together for a few moments before a small fame emerges. However once Roman stops rubbing his hands the fire quickly turns off. He then close his hands and his punches the air and a flame comes out setting one of the cavemen huts on fire. Roman glances at his grandmother who says “ okay Roman that will be all for today” as she stops the simulation. As they walk out of the simulation she receives a text message on her phone that is from Ray. it tells her that him and Brock are on their way home. They walk into the house and Cathy turns on the TV for Roman. She then heads into the kitchen and wonders what to make for dinner. She then starts peeling a few carrots as she goes about preparing a salad.